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Posted by John F. Miller on 10/27/95 11:30
I should have added the person who said they bought it from WalMart and it
didn't do passthrough is the same person who finally figured it out!
(RTFM, I guess, since somebody obviously did).
--
John Miller
http://www.enosoft.net/
high performance tools for music and video
"John F. Miller" <johnATenosoft.net> wrote in message
news:11m55a0t9a8id67@corp.supernews.com...
> If you carry on down that thread, someone states"
>
> "After reading your email, I was tempted to try again with my GR-D72, and
I
> finally got Pass Through to work! However, this worked with Ulead Video
> capture, not the ImageMaker program that came with the camera. Leaving the
> tape in or out didn't seem to matter, and I didn't have to do anything
> special with Play or Record, just set the camera to Play mode and AV menu
> setting to In."
>
> If I'm uncertain about a device's capabilities and the staff can't help me
> (often the case!), when I buy it, I make it very simple and ask "I'm
buying
> this for reason X and if it doesn't do X, can I return it for a full
refund
> since you cannot tell me if it does do X or not?"
>
> I've never had a return refused.
>
> --
> John Miller
> http://www.enosoft.net/
> high performance tools for music and video
>
> "funkychateau" <funkychateau@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1130531863.021574.290040@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > I saw that one too. But that part of his review looks a lot like he's
> > quoting someone's feature list, and I detect no evidence that he
> > actually tested it.
> >
> > Check this contradictory review from
> > http://www.camcorderinfo.com/bbs/t72121.html :
> >
> > 04-28-2004, 12:34 PM
> > viperfish
> > "I bought one at Walmart, tried it out, and there is no Pass Through
> > analog to digital conversion"
> >
> > So, did this guy's unit actually have passthrough? I guess it's
> > possible it did, and he just couldn't figure out how to use it (since
> > the manual doesn't tell).
> >
> > I really hope I don't have to buy one and try to figure out how to test
> > this function, with no input from the thousands of folks who must have
> > already done likewise. Especially since the manual, in describing the
> > use of the analog inputs, only talks about saving to tape.
> >
> > John F. Miller wrote:
> > > The quote I gave is from a user's review - read it at:
> > >
> > >
>
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001B7VMS/103-4398754-2748665?v=glance&n=5
> > > 02394&v=glance
> > >
> > > (You have to scroll down past the product information).
> > >
> >
>
>
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